Putin and his FSB got caught flat footed even after having been warned about the possibility of a large scale attack. His FSB was too busy trying to chase down Russian citizens who were dissenters of his war with Ukraine and the Russian Freedom Fighters dedicated to his overthrow.
Originally Posted by SupFoo
"We did not receive any notifications or messages in advance," Antonov told RIA. However, White House spokesman John Kirby has sought to clarify, "I’m not aware of any advance knowledge that we had of this."
“The USA warned Russian authorities 2 weeks in advance of the possibility of an attack by a IS group under their mutual long standing “duty to warn agreement “.
US citizens in Russia were also warned of the same possibility and instructed to avoid large gatherings.
